Not quite ready
August 18, 2019
Not quite ready
August 17, 2019
Sleepy babes
Dutch-Style Shrimp Deviled Eggs
This simple appetizer is quick to put together, serves a crowd, and gives a bit different flavor to an old favorite (at least for my American readers).
A note for those American readers: If you’re a fan of American-style deviled eggs, you’re going to think that these yolks will never hold together with this amount of mayonnaise. Resist the urge to add more – it *does* work. Don’t go into auto-pilot. Be strong: the difference in taste is worth it.
Gluten-free, Paleo, pescatarian
Dutch-Style Shrimp Deviled Eggs
12 large eggs
8 ounces tiny sized shrimp (canned is fine)
3 Tbsp. mayonnaise or aioli (I used Kewpie mayo)
3 tsp. ketchup (I used American-style)
3 tsp. whiskey
Salt & pepper
Chives for garnish
First, hard boil and peel the eggs. Halve lengthwise and add the yolks to a bowl.
Add the mayo, ketchup & whiskey. Chop the shrimp into small bits, reserving 1 per egg half for garnish. Add the chopped shrimp to the bowl.
Mix to combine, taste, and add salt and pepper to taste.
Spoon the mixture into each egg half, top with a whole shrimp, and snip chives to garnish.
Serves a party
August 16, 2019
Apparently, the only pic I took today that wasn’t food related was of my OOTD for a project I’m doing this summer. Luckily I remembered to snap a pic on the way *to* aerials class instead of my bedraggled self on the way back.
August 15, 2019
Polite babies.
August 14, 2019
This ball pit looks painful (it’s a pool full of LEGO).
August 13, 2019
The light was nice today – it’s a bit blue on camera, but it was striking enough at 9:30 am that it stopped me in my tracks.
August 12, 2019
A hug in a mug
August 11, 2019
There’s a new mascot in town
FODMAP Diet – Reintroduction Week 1
This was my first reintroduction week on the FODMAP diet. For this phase, the doctor has taken me off the odious vitamin regimen, has swapped those for a smoothie-based morning booster, and wants me to keep super-detailed records of everything from my gut to mood as I try something from the no-go list every 3 days.
I don’t think I remembered to list my supplements for Phase 1 for y’all, either. I was taking (tried to always take with lunch):
1 Digestzymes (Betaine HCI and a proprietary blend of Ox Bile extract, Peptidase, Amylases, Pepsin, Proteases, Glucoamylase, Lactase, Invertase, Lipase)
2 CoreBiotic Sensitive Probiotics (Bacillus Coagulans SNZ1969 and MTCC5856 Lactospore, Bacilius Subtiis)
3 LV-GB Complex (Vitamins A, B-6, B-12; L-Methionine, Milk Thistle, Taurine, Inositol, Ox Bile, Artichoke, Beet Powder)
4 Gastromend-HP (Vitamin C, Deglycyrrhizinated Licorice, Mastic Gum, Methylmethionine Sulfonium Chloride, Zinc Carnosine)
I didn’t feel any different with this regimen of supplements (other than hella annoyed because I am not great at swallowing pills), but I guess they may have done something, since the doctor noticed a marked difference in my skin the second I walked in the door (and tbh I haven’t felt like I look quite so crappy in the face skin lately), and my gut has been feeling a bunch better.
At the end of Phase 1, I don’t feel like my GI system is in crisis any more (I was having pain after 95% of my meals and was almost ready to give up and go on a chicken & rice diet), my dry skin is still there but isn’t as flaky, my nails aren’t peeling and chipping as much, and I only have a little stomach stabbiness for a few minutes every few days or so. I’m also a touch more regular with less need to head for the hills any time my digestive system is on the move, and I’m less bloated overall.
Whether that is a function of cutting out most of the foods causing an issue (frustratingly, the intermittent nature of my issues hasn’t stopped, a week with on-again/off-again cucumber sensitivity being the most recent) or the supplements – I don’t know. We shall see.
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
An explanation
Proposed Meal Plan
Breakfasts
- The doc’s smoothie blend
Lunches/Dinners
- I’m still not tired of canned tuna for some inexplicable reason. I think I’ll have a repeat of bowl life, just with different flavors. I’m thinking Thai and/or poke sauce.
Snacks
- I didn’t really snack last week, so I still have oat crackers leftover.
Actual Meal Plan
Breakfasts
- Hard boiled eggs
- Buckwheat pancakes
- Doctor shakes
Lunches/Dinners
- Made a batch-prepped Thai-style tuna bowl
- Bought sushi for lunch while grocery shopping, which led to my first challenge food: avocado
- Made the tuna poke bowls
- Had a soba lunch out
- Had chicken & rice lunch out
- A non-compliant meal out introducing a friend to local cuisine
- Zoodles with tuna and/or eggs
Snacks
- Blueberries
- Oat crackers
What did I learn this week?
Introducing challenge foods is hard, and the impetus to run before I can walk is strong. Avocados, mangoes, spelt, banana & almond butter all seem fine – and all are things I was pretty sure I could tolerate.
The morning shakes the doc gave me are kinda making me bloated – but I’m not sure yet if it’s bloated bloated, or if my body may get used to them. I’ll give them another few days.
Gastography 